CAMBRIDGE, England — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 18, 2016 —
ARM today announced the first multicore, 64-bit ARM®v8-A processor test
chip based on TSMC’s 10FinFET process technology. Simulation benchmarks
show impressive power and efficiency gains relative to TSMC’s 16FinFET+
process technology, which is currently used to implement chips powering
many of today’s leading premium smartphones.

The successful validation of the test chip (tape out completed in Q4 of
2015) is an important milestone in ARM and TSMC’s successful ongoing
collaboration. The fully validated complete design enablement solution
includes IP, EDA tools, design flow and methodology to enable new
customer tape-outs on TSMC’s most advanced FinFET process. In addition,
SoC designers can now use the foundation IP building blocks (standard
cell libraries, embedded memories and standard I/Os) to develop the most
competitive SoCs for the highest possible performance with lowest power
and area.

“Efficiency is a primary guiding principle in SoC design for premium
mobile applications due to increasing demands on device performance,”
said Pete Hutton, executive vice president and president of product
groups, ARM. “TSMC’s 16FFLL+ process and ARM Cortex®
processors have already set new standards for efficiency. Our
collaboration with TSMC on 10FinFET ensures SoC-wide efficiency that
will allow our silicon partners even greater room to innovate while
staying within strict power budgets.”

The latest test chip is the result of ARM and TSMC’s long-standing
commitment to advanced process technologies, building on the initial
10FinFET partnership announced in October 2014. Mutual ARM and TSMC
silicon partners have also benefitted from early access to ARM Artisan®
physical IP and 16nm FinFET+ tape-outs of the ARM Cortex-A72 processor,
the high-performance processor powering many of today’s best-selling
primary compute devices.

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